Welcome to the English Story Time web site!

Dear Parent,

Each week your child and you can check this web site to discover more about the week's theme, play online games, sing songs, or read more about the books we read in the class.

Just click the links above or on the sidebar on the right to find your way around.

Have fun exploring!

Sincerely,

Shelly Terrell
Story time Teacher

For the previous class on Monday, December 14th:

• our theme was the holidays!
• we read the book A Wish for Wings That Work: An Opus Christmas Story by Berkeley Breathed.
• easy: help decorate a gingerbread man! http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/gingerbread/load.htm?f&n=main
• easy: match the Christmas vocabulary! http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/christmas/beginner-christmas-picture-quiz.html
• difficult: watch 3 videos about the story we will read in class. Unfortunately these are only in English with no translation, http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=11570F08216D59E7
• We will sing this song in class, Where are the Christmas Presents. Watch the video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_QBBESuhSk&feature=player_embedded

For the next class on Monday, January 11th:

• our theme will be the family!
• we will read the book, Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
• easy: click here to see if you can remember baby monkey's family, http://genkienglish.net/familygame.htm
• easy: click here to sing along with baby monkey, http://genkienglish.net/monkey.htm
• Spread some family photographs on the floor and ask your child to find the ones with grandmother, uncle, brother, sister, and so forth!
• Have your child draw a family tree and write down the English words for each family member.

Note: We have made some friends with children from New Zealand and Turkey. For more information, please click here to visit the school connection page!

Below you can see the Voicethread project we began with Elias and Nora!
Please leave a comment congratulating Elias and Nora for their drawings and great English speaking skills!
Please check back for updates! If you would like to participate please let me know and we can still add your child's drawings to the project! You can even e-mail me the colored pages!






Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com and Teacherfiles.com